Bookcase



[O crence being had to the accompanying draw- 'wAL'LAcE SUMNEReRANeaoriMliLn/i, nmivols.

Bookcase. i

SPECIFICATION forming para of :Letters Patent No. 625,103, dated May 16,189e.

Be it known that I, WALLACE SUMNERl l GRANGE, a citizen of the United.`States, Vresiding at Malta, in the county of DeKalb andv do declarethe following to beafull, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art lto which' it appertains to make and use the same, refings,`and tothe Afigures of reference` marked thereon, which formfarpartofthis specification.

`My invention relates to bookcases; and it has for its object to providea simple and eliicientconstruction of bookcase having a series ofseparable box-like compartments adapted to rest` one on top' offtheother with the open side of` each compartment to the 1 front of thecase,` the lower side of each compartment when in position constitutingthe shelf for the support of the books and theseveral compartments whenseparated constitnting boxes for the shipment or transporV tation of thebooks, thus obviating the necessity of removing the books from thecasewhen their' shi pmen tor transportation is necessary.:

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear, the invention consists inthe construction and thecombination 'of parts hereinafter particularly described and then soughtto be specifically defined by the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming l a part hereof, and in whichyFigure lisa perspective of'a bookcase constructed according to my invention, thetop and one side being separated from the other partsfor clearness ofAillustration. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section through a bookcase,

and Fig. 3 is a sectional viewthrough a portion of the top and one sideto show clearly the groove or recess for receiving the ends of the sidemembers.

In the drawings the numeral l designates.

a series of box-like compartments placed one on -toprof the other, so asto constitute a series of shelves for supportingthe books. VTo thefrontedge of one of the *horizontal side voi' eachcompartmentj-l-.fer'finstanc Q as.

Applieationiled January 6, 18.98. Seriallo. 665,823. (No modeld vot' thecompartment next below, so as to close the joint and conceal the samefrom view, thus giving the appearance of a series of per`1nanentl5'secured shelves. These anges also. `prevent onecompartmentfrom sliding back 4of thev front edge of the next compartment in Contacttherewith.

The numeral 3 designates thesides ofithe bookcase, which areseparablefrom thebox likecompartments and which extend at `the top abovethe upper horizon-tal side of the top compartment andl at thebottombelow the lower horizontalside of the-bottom comr-4 partment, so astoconstitute tongues, which will enter grooves f or recesses lformedatjthe ends ofthetop orcover to the bookcase and 1 l also to the bottomor base of the fbookcase, l

respectively'. I

'.The top or cover of the bookcase isdes'ig1-` nated by the numeral 4,and itis provided at its front with aange or molding'l 5 to extend' vdown overl the top of the uppermost compartment, so as to conceal thefront edge thereof and form an ornamental finish.` Itis provided atopposite ends with yprojecting and depending plates 6, which preferablyare made of metal and of any ornamental configuration or design andcolor. T-hese plates form grooves l or recesses 7 at opposite ends ofthe top or cover, so as to receive vthe tongues on upper ends of thesides 3, and they serve to hold together the topand sides and 'to assistin se.- curing the box-like compartments 'between the sides.

The base of the bookcase is designated by the numeral 8,;which is formedat its front edge with an ornamental molding' 9. It is provided at its,opposite ends with the outwardly and upwardly extending metallic plates10,l which form grooves l1 at opposite ends of the base, so as toreceive the tongues or lower ends of the side members 3, and thus serveto assist in holding the base and side members together, as well as'tosecure the vbox-like compartments in place..

" The front ,edges of the side members'S are providedwith strips or'moldings 12, which hen Iesiies are'in placewi-ll fit over the .35 Qclosed ends, back and open front and place'd front edges of the endmembers of the several finish, and also to'assist in lookin g orsecuring box-like compartments,

andthus conceal the meeting edges'between the same and furnish -anornamental inish, recesses 13 being lformed ends of each of,`

above the upper'and lower the stri-ps or meldings'12, seas to receivethe molding tothe top or cover andv the molding to thebas'e, and fthusvform lan ornamental the parts together at such points.

Under the construction describedl a very simple and etlicient form ofbookcase .is provided in which the several parts can be readilyy takenapart and placed in position when desired without the employment ot'nails or screws to hold .the several parts together. When the bookcaseisto be transported, vthe vmembers are readily separated' one from theother, and each'compartment will continue to retain the books placedtherein,"so that they can'be shipped without removal from. "the severalcompartments, thus very greatly vreducing. .the labor 'attending themoving or shipment of the case and its contents and without-injury ordamage to the books. v I have'illustra'ted and described with par-vtic-ularity the preferred details of construc- -forth its merits, what Iclaim v l. Abookcase composed of independent tion and arrangement of theseveral parts;

' but it is obviousthat various changes canbe A Asential features of theinvention.

made therein without departing from the es- "Having described myinvention'and set separable box-like compartments each having one uponthe otherso that the lower part of one will rest upon the upper part ofthe ad'y joining box with ahorizontal portion between ing flangesadapted to lap over and conceal the side membersand the to forma shelf,separable side members havthe joints between ends 'of the compartments,Aa ,cover or top formed with grooves to receive -the upper ends of theside members, and a base formed with grooves to receive the lower endsof said side members substantially as described.

2. A bookcase composed of independent separable box-like compartmentseach having closed ends, top,-bottom andbaek andopen -their front edgesto conceal front and placed one upon the other so that the bottom-of'one will rest onthe top of the adjoining boxwith the front meetingedges of thetop and bottom 4iiush with each other,.

a iiange to thefront edge of the horizontal side of each compartmentadapted 'to' iit Iover` the front edge of the horizontal slide of theadjoining compartment and conceal the joint I between the compartments,separable side members formcd 'with inwardly-projectingA flanges alongtheir front edges to conceal the joints between the sidemembers' and theends oi' the compartments, a vcov'er or top formed with grooves toreceive the upper ends ofthe side members, and a base formed withgrooves to receive the lower ends of the side mem#v bers, 'substantiallyas and for lthe purposes de'- scribed. I A

3. Abookcase composed. offindependent separable box-like compartmentseach having closed ends, top, front, and placed one upon to the frontedge o t the horizontal side vof each .compartment adapted to iit overthe front edge of the horizontal side ofthe adjoining compartment andconceal the'joint between the compartments, separable side membersformed with inwardly-proj ectin g iian ges along the joints between theside members and the ends of the compartments and with recesses at theirupper and lower front edges,.fa cover-or top Iformed with grooves toreceivethe upper ends of the side members and along its front edge withafdepending flange to extendover the front top edge of the compartmentbelowandl into the recesses in the edgeof the side niemi GRANGE,

7.0 bottom and back and open f the other,`a iange f

